The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-15

Matters OF Money and Management
About Various Lines.

The people living in the section of Georgia
traverSed by the survey of the Augusta and
Chattanooga railroad have refused to pay
their subscription until dirt is broken in
their own counties The directors have
made a demand of 0per cent, and are pay
ing lawyers 3 per cent. to collect the same
The subscribers refuse to pay this, and have
themselves employed lawyers to defend
them. Not before dirt is broken in Ogle-
thorpe, Madison and jackson will the sub
scribers in those counties pay dollar
The amount of money necessary to rescue
the right of way for the c. K. and G. rail
road into Chattanooga has been reduced TO
s., 600, and of this 81, 900 have been sub
scribed by citizens. The committee who
have been at work on this matter say they
would give only one more day to it, and
that was yesterday. What success they
have had we have not learned. The delay
in this matter at the Chattanooga end may
cause operations to begin at Rome. 1t is
understood Mr.. Williams refuses to pay one
cent for the right of way into Chattanooga.
Speaking of the Georgia Midland, Maj.
w. 3 Green, chief engineer, said: THE
rains compelled the track laying force to
hold up for two weeks. Now the bed is in
perfect condition and we expect to reach
McDonough in twelve days or less, and we
expect to run regular schedule through to
AhtltOliOuSl ny bDIpO. l. VIC CAI'ONo w
make satisfactory and easy terms with the
East Tennessee road, which will make us
virtually through line to Norfolk Our
line to Atlanta will only be three miles
longer than the Central, but that is diff
ference that will be easily overcome"
For four days past the Georgia railroad
has been unable to send any trains through
to Augusta on account of washout on the
road at Richland creek. A large number
of hands were put to work to repair the
damage, and yesterday morning the order
was given to put all trains on regular sched-
ule time. Richland creek is about forty
miles from Atlanta, and all the sidetracks
between the two points were occupied with
freight trains that had been sent out from
Atlanta during the four days of blockade.
AS soon as the washout was repaired all of
these trains were started at one time, and
the freight agent and clerks in Augusta will
have their hands full for the next two or
three days. Twenty-one trains of twenty
five loaded cars each were started towards
Augusta. The total number of cars was
525. II placed near together in a straight
line they would extend over a distance of
nearly five miles As it was, the trains fol-
lowed each other about mile apart, thereby
covering twentyone miles After the
trains were all started yesterday, a car on
one of the trains was derailed on account of
Il UTOkel axe L Ills u0ldy6u Jhe plOCeSolOll
a little, but in a few hours it was moving
again. This rush of business caused by
only a few days blockade, indicates the
large amount Of freight handled by the
Georgia Road.
The Georgia Midland, completed to Griffin,
has been compelled to transfer by wagon all
freight for Columbus and points along their
road. The cause of this is that the Midland
and Central authorities have not been able
TO come to any satisfactory terms. Yester-
day Mai Bellnap, General Manager of the
Central, arrived in Griffin in his special car
He was met by Mr. G. Gunby Jordan,
President of the Georgia Midland and Con
struction Company, and the two were in
private conference for several hours. Imme-
diately after the conference Mr.. Jordan
was asked if he and Mr.. Belknap had come
to any satisfactory conclusion as to the mat
ter of freight transfers and side tracks Mr.
Jordan replied: 81 came to Griffin at the
solicitation of Mr.. Belknap to discuss the
matter of side tracks for transfer purposes
We talked the matter over and decided that
it was best not TO take a definite action until
the city council of Griffin had given
their permit for the construction of
the track We are already privileged to
run our line through the streets, but we
wish a special action in this case to avoid
any possible law SUITS Continuing, Mr..
Jordan said, 1--WE shall petition the Council
before taking any steps whatever outside of
a preliminary survey, and then govern our
actions accordingly This is in substance
the result of a conference lasting several
hours. The surveyors will be put in the
field next week to locate the most practi-
cable route Until then and the meeting of
the City Council matters stand just as be-
fore the conference.